Despite uncertain market conditions, third-quarter venture capital investment in the clean tech sector was strong, bringing i...
Government
State Bar hires MoFo to advise it in negotiations with CCMS
By Don De Benedictis
The State Bar Board of Governors voted Friday to formally begin discussions that ultimately could lead to the bar and its disc...
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal approval of Medi-Cal cuts could upend Supreme Court case
By Robert Iafolla
Federal approval of California's plan to reduce health care spending on poor residents could spell the end of a U.S. Supreme C...
Fenwick & West LLP added Andrew P. Bridges as partner in San Francisco. He focuses on intellectual property litigation. Br...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Litigation
In serving lawsuits, tech-savvy California sticks to paper
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Although state and federal laws do allow in rare circumstances for serving defendants by electronic means, via email or social...
Several environmental groups sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to grant air quality ...
Judges and Judiciary
Riverside DA admonished for conduct on the bench
By Amy Yarbroughn
In further fallout from a nasty political fight, the state's judicial watchdog agency has punished former judge and current Ri...
Mediator Denise Asher isn't afraid of hard work, but she knows first-hand the toll that litigation can take on a person. ...
In search of a California-based platform with better firmwide collegiality, intellectual property litigator Andrew Bridges has...
The November 2012 election is still a year away, but unions are already gearing up to fight a ballot initiative that threatens...
The renewable energy industry is lobbying hard for the federal government extend a popular cash grant incentive, but recent sc...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules against Iranian brothers
By John Roemer
Four Iranian brothers accused of terrorism, jailed for more than three years and then cleared and freed cannot sue the governm...
In a case with implications for California charter cities, the city of San Bernardino and public workers will face off next we...
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, derided Republican attacks on the country's enviro...
A reporter stumbles upon a century-old mystery and uncovers a billion-dollar secret. By Sean A. O'Keefe ...
Books
Protection of the people: International law’s shift in priorities
By Karen Natividadn
The post-Cold War era has created a shift in the foundations of international legal order. By Ruti G. Teitel of New York Law S...
Although it rarely comes to light, criminal informant use is everywhere in the American legal system. By Alexandra Natapoff of...
Bills will offer more legal protection for California residents and better tools for trial lawyers. By Brian Kabateck of Kabat...
Alpert, Barr & Grant looks to volunteer work for a lift in spirits - and their bottom line. ...
Following reports that a district judge took years to act on three habeas corpus petitions that were flagged as likely to succ...
White-collar defense attorney Michael W. Fitzgerald sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote Thursday, pu...
GlaxoSmithKline PLC will spend $3 billion to resolve a federal investigation into off-label drug marketing and other alleged f...
While jurors once may have been willing to give recession-bitten companies the benefit of the doubt, experts say many have bec...
Entertainment & Sports
Will California take the lead in online gaming?
By Genevieve Knollen
The first guests to this party could reap the greatest rewards. By Mitchell A. Kamin and Jessie Kornberg of Bird, Marella, Box...